Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the ECOWAS Commission, James Victor Gbeho, has called on the authorities and other stakeholders in the region to create the enabling environment for a viable airline industry towards the realization of the integration dream of ECOWAS founding fathers, according to a press release from the community Friday.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to file a class action suit against British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA), after both indicated unwillingness to pay a fine of US$235 imposed on them by the regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for alleged price-fixing on the Nigeria-UK route
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), on Thursday said it would, from 21 November, resume its flights to Libya from Casablanca, following the reopening of the Tripoli international airport.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Arik Air will be allowed to fly from the capital city of Abuja to London Heathrow, following discussions between officials of Nigerian and British aviation authorities in Abuja Tuesday.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Tuesday expressed support for the slashing of British Airways' flights to the African nation, in retaliation for a similar action meted out to a Nigerian flag carrier, Arik Air.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Several passengers booked on Air Nigeria flights were Monday stranded following a protest by the airline’s engineers over what they called the interference of management in their duty.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of Tuesday's expiration of the deadline given to the British Airways to slash its Lagos-London flights from seven to three times weekly, Nigerian aviation authorities have continued to talk tough, insisting the British government was wrong in disrespecting the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between the two countries.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – In retaliation for grounding a Senegalese plane in Conakry, aviation authorities in Dakar have banned planes coming from Guinea from using Senegalese airspace, according to a communique issued by Senegalese government spokesperson, Moustapha Guirassy.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian private airline, Arik Air, on Monday said it had carried eight million local and international passengers in its 44 routes in the last five years when it commenced operations.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. George Uriesi, said here Friday the 19 billion naira (about US$ 124 million) made available to the parastatal by the government was to carry out some palliative measures within the nation’s 22 airports. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Transport ministers in West Africa have made wide-ranging proposals for the improvement of the operating environment for airlines in the region, a statement from the ECOWAS Commission said here Friday.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national carrier Mauritania Airlines International (MAI) will launch its Dakar, Senegal, flights on Sunday, a statement made available to PANA here on Tuesday said.
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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A strike action embarked upon by air traffic controllers at the Cairo International Airport ended in the early hours of Friday but flight delays are expected to continue for at least the rest of the day, according to airport officials.
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) will hold its 43rd annual general meeting from 20 to 22 November in Marrakech, Royal Air Morocco (RAM) announced on Tuesday.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Italian minister of Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini, announced in Tripoli on Friday that the Italian carrier Alitalia would resume flights to the Libyan capital in November.
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan and Bissau Guinean governments, here Monday agreed to open air link between Casablanca and the economic capital of the Alaouite Kingdom to Bissau, the Moroccan Press Agency (MAP) reported here.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) in Diass, 47 km from Dakar, will be operational next year, the Senegalese senior minister in charge of international cooperation, air transport, infrastructure and energy, Karim Wade, announced on Monday in Dakar.
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will on Sunday inaugurate the renovated international airport of Kayes Dag-Dag, 480 km west of the capital Bamako, official sources told PANA on Saturday.
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Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Seventeen passengers died in Wednesday's crash of the Angolan Air Force-operated Embraer-120 aircraft in the country's central Huambo, according to the state-run news agency, ANGOP.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A bill of right that will spell out the sanctions applicable to various violations arising from unnecessary flight delays and cancellations is being prepared for the benefit of airline passengers in Nigeria, according to the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Foreign airlines may soon boycott the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja over the persistent bombings by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, the Punch newspaper reported Monday.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will no longer allow aircraft not fitted with emergency locator transmitter to fly in the country's airspace, to avoid a situation in which crashed airplanes or helicopters will not be easily located, the private Nation newspaper Tuesday quoted the boss of the regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, as saying.
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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government and a state-owned Chinese company on Friday signed an agreement in Brazzaville to repair Chinese-made planes and supply aircraft for the revival of the state-owned Air Congo, official sources said.
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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo and Singapore are planning to cooperate in the aviation sector as part of an overall upgrading of their relations, PANA learned from officials sources here Saturday.
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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ten civil society organisations in Congo Saturday appealed to President Denis Sassou Nguesso to cancel the airport tax being collected by the national civil aviation agency (ANAC) for national and international flights.
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Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The new Nigerian ambassador to Angola, Folorunso Olukayode Otukoya, said here Tuesday that the direct flight between Luanda and Lagos, kicking off in September, would strengthen relations between the two countries.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has made good its promise to reduce air fares, as airline operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Monday announced a 25% reduction in the price of tickets, the local Guardian newspaper published Tuesday.
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Department of International Relations on Thursday confirmed that two South Africans were among the 10 people killed in a helicopter crash in central Indonesia on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amid skyrocketing air fares in Nigeria, the country's domestic airlines have asked the federal government to ensure the availability of aviation fuel at affordable prices as a condition for slashing fares.Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference began in Cape Town on Wednesday, under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Air transport safety in the Accra Flight Information Region, which comprises the air space of Ghana, Togo and Benin, has been boosted with the installation of a new navigation system by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A chartered plane with four persons on board, including crew members, on Thursday overshot the runway while landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport in southern Nigeria, aviation officials said.
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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Thursday announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of the Hewa Bora Airline, following the crash of its plane on 8 July at the Bangboka Airport in Kisangani, located in the eastern part of the country.
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